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      Photo Source: La famine en Russie.III. “Les deux etapes de la faim.” Union internationale de secours aux enfants, Geneva, 1922. (Third in a series of 9 postcards created by the UISE), with text in French, mailed out to raise funds and awareness during 1921-22. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridtjof_Nansen,_Les_deux_%C3%A9tapes_de_la_faim_(1922).jpg For further evidence of the …

 Taschereau, Hon. L.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 27 Apr 1922, 149-163     The French-Canadian farmer, "the habitant," as one of Canada's greatest assets, both from a moral and national standpoint. Characteristics of the habitant. A description of Quebec and the habitant, quoted from the writing of a Torontonian. 60,000 French-Canadians, mostly habitants, who stayed here after Canada was ceded to England in …

 Walker, Sir Edmund, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 9 Feb 1922, 30-49     The speaker's "grand tour" of South America. Differences between North and South America. Misconceptions about the weather in South America. Reasons for climactic differences on the two continents. The misconception that South America is a continent of black people, and evidence to the contrary. The peoples of South America. Our …

 Noxon, W.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 21 Sep 1922, 208-226     Now a time when cohesive interest and co-operative effort essential to the good of the Empire. The duties of the speaker's office, the key-note being one of service. Three bonds which have attached the speaker to Great Britain: the natural bond of inherited instinct; the bond of sentiment which he …

 Newlands, Professor J.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 20 Apr 1922, 144-148     No such thing as indifferent speaking. The chief thing to remember in public speaking. Having something to say; knowing how to say it. The four main parts of good speaking: position, breathing, vocalization, articulation. The importance of standing steady. How to breathe, with demonstration. The problem of improper articulation, with …

 Sims, William Sowden, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 14 Nov 1922, 294-308     The importance in international relations of two implements or weapons of warfare that came out of the war: the submarine and the airplane. Some historical background to that importance. The situation in 1917 and how it was saved. Some anecdotal incidents from the war. The submarine as a weapon, and …

 Hodgins, J.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 13 Apr 1922, 131-143     Some personal reminiscences. Laying some ghosts; having enough of pessimism. The situation in Germany, France, and United States, and England, and how it came to be so. The speaker being appalled at the utter ignorance of Canadians of their own situation. Up to us to find our destiny upon the …

 Ross, Dr. J.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 28 Sep 1922, 227-236     The progress and development that is going on in China. An historical review, to see China from a different angle from that presented today. China as the oldest civilized nation in the world, outliving all its contemporaries of Ancient History. Reasons why China has survived for so long. China as …

 King, Principal R.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 20 Dec 1922, 340-355     The complicated situation in India today. One or two outstanding features which the speaker will address, in order that the audience can have some kind of a background from which to size up what information does come to them. A look back as far as 1885, in order to speak …

 Wadia, Bahman Pestonji, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 9 Mar 1922, 68-82     Greetings from the ancient civilization and land of India. The present condition in India giving serious cause for thought to all who have the interests of that country at heart. Two great epochs which have marked, in recent times, the political development of the country: one which opened with the …

 Hearst, Sir William; Wilkinson, Ellis H.; Davies, Rev. Trevor H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 10 Jan 1922, 356-373     A review of the year by Mr. Hearst, and some words about The Empire Club. President-Elect Wilkinson then spoke briefly about his predecessors and about the coming year. Mr. J. Black Perry, a past president of The Empire Club, thanked Sir William Hearst for his service as President. Dr. Davies …

 Preus, Hon. J.A.O., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 14 Sep 1922, 195-207     Activities of the Non-Parisian League. Socialists and the Socialistic party in the United States. The state of the farmers in North Dakota six or seven years ago. Origins and history of socialism under the new name of the Non-Partisan League. Tenets of Socialism. The plan of government in North Dakota …

 Greenfield, Hon. Herbert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 4 May 1922, 164-171     An examination of the past few years of Canadian history. Unrest in Canada. Effects in the political sphere. Affected matters in the political sphere in Western Canada, particularly in the Province of Alberta. The shattering of old party affiliations. Why the old party system lost its appeal. Getting away from …

 French, Sir John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 29 May 1922, 172-180     Some personal background of the speaker, and reminiscences of previous visits to Canada and Toronto. Remembering Sir Frederick Borden, Minister of Militia at the time the speaker knew him. The part played by the soldiers of Canada in the war. Recalling April 26, 1915, Ypres. Personal recollections of Canada's now …

 Parsons, S.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 26 Jan 1922, 1-20     Conditions in Great Britain as seen by the speaker, especially with regard to unemployment. The issue of unemployment insurance, for Great Britain and in Canada. The need for Great Britain to maintain and increase her export trade if she is going to maintain her supremacy as one of the great …

 Barclay, Lyman W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 2 Feb 1922, 21-29     Some personal reminiscences by the speaker about his childhood, the strictness of his father, the lack of companionship for boys. The necessity for boy companionship, of passing on idealism into the life of a boy which will lead him on. A consideration of the cause of Canadian boyhood. A discussion …

 Taylor, Professor Graham, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 20 Nov 1922, 309-323     Social progress both in the civic and industrial spheres, which depends upon the public service of the people who are in the ordinary occupation of life. "The common good of everybody concerned has been promoted by business men using the advantage of their strategic position through influence, through command of …

 Chamberlain, Neville, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 12 Oct 1922, 244-253     Finding a cordial welcome and a generous loyalty to the ideals of Empire in Canada. The success of the British Empire. Something in the British tradition or the British temperament of a special gift for administration. Comments on imperialism. The meaning of Empire: toleration, not tyranny. Examples of toleration in …

      Obituary for James R. Jennings.

      Photograph and obituary of Mrs. Ellen Ellis, who along with her husband, ran a general store in Ellisville for many years.